"Java shows the largest decline of -3.92 percent and C# the largest gain of +3.29 percent of all programming languages (annually)," Jansen said. "The two languages have always been used in similar ...

Object-oriented, type-safe C# and Java, famous for offering portability via the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), have been used in similar domains and thus have been competitors for two decades now ...

Regardless of Microsoft’s original motivations, C# has evolved to become a really good language. But it definitely remains very similar to Java, on which its design is based. That said ...

In brief: According to the Tiobe index of language popularity, the gap between Java and C# is so small that if the current trends remain unchanged, C# will overtake Java in about two months.

C# and Java have been in competition for more than 20 years due to their use in similar domains, said TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen. He noted that Java has gradually decreased in popularity since ...

“If you want to build a small application and get it out the door quickly, go with Java.” C# was developed by Microsoft and is a general purpose object-orientated programming language similar ...

Python also ranked highly in Stack Overflow's 2017 developer survey, which found it was the fifth most popular language behind JavaScript, SQL, Java, and C#. It was also the top language ...

rising to £500 for a Java developer, £600 for a technical lead and £700 a day for a software architect. Developers with C#, VB.net or ASP.net skills out-earned Java developers by £50 a day at ...